Meta Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg is stepping down after 14 years of helping build and lead the company.
“Fourteen years later, it is time for me to write the next chapter of my life. I am not entirely sure what the future will bring — I have learned no one ever is,” she says.
Meta’s chief growth officer Javier Olivan will take over Sandberg’s role as COO in the coming months.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thanked Sandberg for her role with the company.
“When Sheryl joined me in 2008, I was only 23 years old and I barely knew anything about running a company,” he wrote. “Sheryl architected our ads business, hired great people, forged our management culture, and taught me how to run a company. She created opportunities for millions of people around the world, and she deserves the credit for so much of what Meta is today.”
Prior to joining Facebook, Sandberg was an executive at Google, and before that she served as chief of staff to then-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
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